Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader speaks at an event organised by the Dhaka Metropolitan South Jubo League at the Suhrawardy Udyan on Saturday to mark the birthday of party President Sheikh Hasina.

Awami League leaders sit on the podium at an event organised by the Dhaka Metropolitan South Jubo League at the Suhrawardy Udyan on Saturday to mark the birthday of party President Sheikh Hasina.

Students call for a reduction in carbon emissions at a climate change campaign at the Boishakhi playground in the capital's Rayerbazar on Saturday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Students call for a reduction in carbon emissions at a climate change campaign at the Boishakhi playground in the capital's Rayerbazar on Saturday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A pupil holds a placard at a campaign on climate change at the Boishakhi playground in the capital's Rayerbazar on Saturday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Students hold placards calling for action to reduce carbon emissions as part of a campaign on climate change at the Boishakhi playground in the capital's Rayerbazar on Saturday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Students hold placards calling for action to reduce carbon emissions as part of a campaign on climate change at the Boishakhi playground in the capital's Rayerbazar on Saturday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Members of Bangladesh Scouts conduct a public awareness campaign on cleanliness organised by 'Dettol Harpic Porichchonno Bangladesh' at the Kalyanpur Bus Stand in Dhaka on Saturday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Members of Bangladesh Scouts conduct a public awareness campaign on cleanliness organised by 'Dettol Harpic Porichchonno Bangladesh' at the Kalyanpur Bus Stand in Dhaka on Saturday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

An electronics factory of Minister Hi-Tech Park Ltd, a sister concern of MyOne Electronics, in Gazipur's Dhirasram caught fire on Friday morning. The fire was brought under control after four hours.

An electronics factory of Minister Hi-Tech Park Ltd, a sister concern of MyOne Electronics, in Gazipur's Dhirasram caught fire on Friday morning. The fire was brought under control after four hours.

Passengers waiting for trains on a platform of Airport Railway Station in Dhaka amid rain on Friday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Two girls holding each other while walking on the tracks in Airport Railway Station area in Dhaka during rains on Friday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Passengers jumping from one brick to another to cross a street submerged by rainwater after getting off a footbridge to get to the Airport Railway Station in Dhaka on Friday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak briefing the media at the Digital Device and Innovation Expo 2019 in Dhaka's Karwan Bazar on Friday. The three-day exhibition will remain open to all from 10am to 8pm daily. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

The April fire that engulfed Notre-Dame exposed many nearby areas to alarming levels of lead, and the French authorities' refusal to fully disclose the results of testing has sowed confusion and anxiety in the capital